Scranton TV station snubs 'Dunder Mifflin' ad

SCRANTON, Pa. -- A northeastern Pennsylvania TV station is refusing to run a commercial for the real-life Dunder Mifflin paper brand.Quill.com produces a line of paper products inspired by the fictional company at the center of "The Office," the long-running NBC comedy set in Scranton. Quill had planned to run an ad on WNEP-TV, the ABC affiliate, during this Sunday's Academy Awards telecast. But WNEP declined to air the spot. Paul Bessinger works for Lincolnshire, Ill.-based Quill, a division of Staples. He told The Times-Tribune of Scrantonthe spot was apparently declined because "The Office" airs on a rival network.Michael Last at WNEP declined to comment.The ad will air instead on another ABC affiliate, in Utica, N.Y. Like Scranton, Utica is home to a Dunder Mifflin branch on "The Office."------Information from: The Times-Tribune, http://thetimes-tribune.com/

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